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by nightowlracing
Fri Jan 18, 2019 9:23 am
Forum: Mods - 1.4 NA
Topic: C&B Cam
Replies: 18
Views: 15495

Re: C&B Cam

texanbrit wrote: Sat Dec 08, 2018 8:52 pm Won't work on the NA, cam profile is wrong.
Do you have a cam card for one? Never have been able to see the spec's but that wouldn't stop anyone who has access to a Cam Doctor which is a camshaft measurement machine.
by nightowlracing
Tue Dec 04, 2018 3:19 pm
Forum: Mods - 1.4 NA
Topic: C&B Cam
Replies: 18
Views: 15495

Re: C&B Cam

Turbo cams have added lift and duration with wider lobe separation.

Example is my Evo of stock to Kelford 272's

Factory cam's
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Kelford TX272-L
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by nightowlracing
Fri Nov 02, 2018 4:35 pm
Forum: Tech - Fiat 500 Abarth / T / 2018+ Pop/Lounge etc
Topic: Tork Dyno Today (Stage 1)
Replies: 62
Views: 41115

Re: Tork Dyno Today (Stage 1)

yea i can hear the rolling antilag in a lot of rally and hillclimb cars. unfortunately ec pops and bangs might just be for novelty, but worth it to me. crossing my fingers that it doesn't cause any valve damage. Its not just valve damage its more piston ring wear from the fuel being dumped in washi...
by nightowlracing
Fri Nov 02, 2018 3:40 pm
Forum: Cars that Aren't Fiats
Topic: Anyone here proficient with GM ECUs?
Replies: 9
Views: 7275

Re: Anyone here proficient with GM ECUs?

Need to log IAT's from cold to operating temp as the problem happens.
by nightowlracing
Fri Nov 02, 2018 11:59 am
Forum: Welcome Mat
Topic: Hi from the yellow brick road
Replies: 5
Views: 3797

Re: Hi from the yellow brick road

texanbrit wrote: Fri Nov 02, 2018 11:34 am Glad you made it here! I'm really enjoying the wing that you built with Shaggie.
Great to hear you like it! That project was pretty fun to work on.
by nightowlracing
Fri Nov 02, 2018 11:54 am
Forum: Cars that Aren't Fiats
Topic: Night Owl Racing Engine's Evo 8 "ViolentFun"
Replies: 6
Views: 5632

Re: Night Owl Racing Engine's Evo 8

I have a few videos

Idle
https://youtu.be/enLE_62VBbs

Run in Mexico
https://youtu.be/CkFQIdb9iZ4

First run in Mexico with the built tranny
https://youtu.be/PX-5U2TmvRI

Go Fast Junk in the Trunk
https://youtu.be/AEjNw230qaw
by nightowlracing
Fri Nov 02, 2018 11:47 am
Forum: Mods - 1.4 Turbo
Topic: Closed loop boost control
Replies: 2
Views: 3610

Re: Closed loop boost control

I have to admit this is something I'm not highly familiar with. I know that the days of increasing boost by just sticking an aquarium bleed valve on a vacuum line are over though, as the ECU is actively involved in boost control now - as your strategies above explain. It looks mostly like our Fiats...
by nightowlracing
Fri Nov 02, 2018 10:54 am
Forum: Tech - Fiat 500 Abarth / T / 2018+ Pop/Lounge etc
Topic: Tork Dyno Today (Stage 1)
Replies: 62
Views: 41115

Re: Tork Dyno Today (Stage 1)

There is two schools of thought to this novelty and motorsport. Novelty is not by design or purpose other than to burble, snap, and pop by way of retarding timing and dumping fuel off throttle all the time. Side-effects are turbo life decrease, valvetrain life decrease, cylinder washdown that causes...
by nightowlracing
Fri Nov 02, 2018 10:09 am
Forum: Cars that Aren't Fiats
Topic: Anyone here proficient with GM ECUs?
Replies: 9
Views: 7275

Re: Anyone here proficient with GM ECUs?

Like you mentioned without having an hptuners cable and everything you can't really see where to point your finger as to what the root of the problem is. Looking at it blindly I would imagine IAT sensor but that is a shot in the dark without having hptuners to datalog the problem.
by nightowlracing
Fri Nov 02, 2018 8:11 am
Forum: Cars that Aren't Fiats
Topic: Anyone here proficient with GM ECUs?
Replies: 9
Views: 7275

Re: Anyone here proficient with GM ECUs?

What codes are being thrown if any? What exactly is going on because asking for help with a problem without telling briefly what the problem is pretty difficult to figure out.

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